AS SEEN ON TV: "FOOTAGE" FROM "THE LITTLE COLONEL"

FILMING THE STAIR DANCE
FROM "THE LITTLE COLONEL":

FEATURING:

BILL ROBINSON
(as played by Hinton Battle)

SHIRLEY TEMPLE
(as played by Ashley Rose Orr)

DAVID BUTLER
(as played by Bruce Shapiro)

GEORGE TEMPLE
(as played by Colin Friels)

GERTRUDE TEMPLE
(as played by Connie Britton)

LIONEL BARRYMORE
(as played by William Gluth)

For today's showcase, we're returning to the TV movie "Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story". (We featured this film once before, back on April 19th, but we incorrectly identified the young actress playing Shirley Temple. We said it was Emily Hart, but it was actually Ashley Rose Orr - who's also seen in this video clip.)

Originally the plan was to be a solo spotlight on Bill Robinson, but I couldn't find a good head shot of Hinton Battle in the role. And it seemed more interesting to make this a video spotlight, especially since so many historical figures are portrayed in the clip.

Youtube also has a comparison video of the original footage from "The Little Colonel" with the recreation of the filming seen in the TV movie. Unfortunately it can't be embedded, but you can see it here.

BCnU!